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4089497 No.4089497 [Reply] [Original]

How come electrons aren't stuck to protons?

>> No.4089505

it is the same reason why earth is not stuck to sun.

>> No.4089511

It's the same reason why your penis will never be stuck to a vagina.

>> No.4089517

>>4089505
Energy?

>> No.4089524
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4089524

Why aren't electrons spinning in the opposite direction?

>> No.4089527

>>4089497
because quantum mechanics, because electrons are waves, electrons can only be in discrete energy levels around a proton. for a very basic shitty explanation, the electron will interfere with itself if it gets to close to the proton and thus push itself away.

>>4089505
no

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4089532

>>4089527
>electrons are waves

>> No.4089534

But they are. Just like Earth is stuck to the sun.

Things don't have to touch to be stucked to each other (that never happends anyway). The orbit is a form of being stucked.

>> No.4089537

>>4089534

not in OP's universe

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4089548

>>4089534
>stucked

>> No.4089553

>>4089532
why yes, yes they are. or would it be better if i said electrons are quantized disturbances in the electron field to someone who doesn't know why electrons don't stick to protons?

>> No.4089555

>>4089532
They have a de Broglie wavelength =P

>> No.4089556

Because Heisenberg uncertainty, you can't simultaneously know the position and velocity of a particle. Electrons are very small and dramatically affected by this, and they end up making a compromise around the nucleus by distributing themselves within some radius.
Protons and neutrons are much larger, and therefore can sit at the core, albeit with a slight bit of jiggling to account for uncertainty.

>> No.4089576

>>4089556
That whole heisenberg uncertainty thing... idk bout all that mumbo jumbo. inb4 description of why its so true blah blah... Guess I'm just an optimist. When I hear someone say you can't know this or that, I think, fuck off!

>> No.4089600

>>4089556
Thanks, after I did some basic reading on the Heisenberg uncertainty principle I think I got the fundamental idea.